flatfish Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Here was me thinking my Colombian zebra plecos (L129) were too small and too young to breed. I looked in one of the caves a week ago and a 6 cm young male had trapped a female. I thought you're a dreamer until two days later when he was fanning a batch of eggs kiwiraka, Caryl, fishyNZ and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Whoooo, exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Yeah its always nice when you breed a species for the first time. I thought they had at least 6 months to go before they were ready to breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ymir Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyGeoff Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Good on ya mate! flatfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverdollarboy2 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Nice, I've never seen pleco fry before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Thanks. They are about a week old so they will be feeding any day now. I've raised a few young but its always nice to raise a new species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Congratulations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gligor Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Congrats and well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colour_genes Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Clever fishies, good owner! Please do keep us updated. flatfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Congrats and well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Jolly good show sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted September 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 thanks.They are now 2 weeks old. The yolk sac is long gone, they have grown by 1mm, and they are adjusting to real food Adrienne, Caryl and Silverdollarboy2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted September 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 and the male in question 5.7 cm long kiwiraka 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted September 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 well 3 weeks old now. They haven't grown but have got used to real food (JBL NovoTab) and are starting to fill out nicely. Adrienne, Colour_genes and Silverdollarboy2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Well they are now a month old and growing fast - the biggest ones have put on 3 mm over the last week.The male is now trying to attract attention in a cave that is way to big for him. For some reason he doesn't seem to like the smaller caves. Silverdollarboy2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted October 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 terrible photo and a different cave but he is on his next batch of eggs kiwiraka 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi1 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 yay keep it up enough for everyone soon lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted October 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 well here they are at weeks 5 and 6. They are now only 2 cm long which is pretty slow growing but they don't get that big.The male ate his last batch of eggs as I spent to much time looking at them with a torch He was on another batch within the week so I must have another breeding female which is a nice bonus. Caryl, Silverdollarboy2 and kiwiraka 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 I have just removed the next batch. 14 this time. And a pic of the first batch at 7 weeks. They are getting quite stocky and obviously like NovoTab Adrienne, livingart and Colour_genes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colour_genes Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Where did you get those neat-looking breeding caves from? I've been looking for something like that, but can only find open tubes /logs. Your fish obviously really like them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted October 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Ebay. Look for sunkillie. They are probably to big for L129 but hey they still breed in them. L140 and L270 like them as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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